PFA Scotland Players' Player of the Year

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Henrik Larsson is the only player to win the award twice.

The Professional Footballers' Association Scotland Players' Player of the Year (often called the PFA Scotland Players' Player of the Year, the Players' Player of the Year, or simply the Scottish Player of the Year) is an annual award given to the player who is adjudged to have been the best of the season in Scottish football.[1] The award has been presented since the 1977–78 season and the winner is chosen by a vote amongst the members of the players' trade union, the Professional Footballers' Association Scotland (PFA Scotland).[2] The award was formerly known as the Scottish Professional Footballers' Association Players' Player of the Year, but was renamed after the SPFA merged with the (English) Professional Footballers' Association to become PFA Scotland.

The first winner of the award was Rangers striker Derek Johnstone, and the first non-Scottish winner was Aberdeen goalkeeper Theo Snelders eleven years later. As of 2010, only Henrik Larsson has won the award on more than one occasion. Although there is a separate PFA Scotland Young Player of the Year award, young players remain eligible to win the senior award, and in the 2005–06 season Shaun Maloney became the first player to win both awards in the same season, a feat repeated by McGeady two years later.

A shortlist of nominees is published in April and the winner of the award, along with the winners of PFA Scotland's other annual awards, is announced at a gala event in Glasgow a few days later.[3] The award is regarded by the players themselves as extremely prestigious, with John Hartson commenting in 2005 that "the award means a lot because it's voted by your fellow professionals"[4] and Shaun Maloney stating in 2006 that "there is no better accolade than to be voted for by your peers and it does mean a lot to me".[5] In 2007 the SPFA was replaced by a new body, PFA Scotland,[6] but the new organisation's awards are considered to be a direct continuation of the SPFA awards.[7][8]

Winners

The award has been presented on 37 occasions as of 2014, with two players sharing the award on one occasion.[9] There have been 37 different winners, with Henrik Larsson being the only player to have won the award more than once. The table also indicates where the winning player also won one or more of the other major "player of the year" awards in Scottish football, namely the Scottish Football Writers' Association's Footballer of the Year award (SFWA),[10] and the PFA Scotland Young Player of the Year award (SYPY).[9]

Ally McCoist was the 1992 winner.
Scott Brown (right) was the 2009 winner.
Season Nat Player Club Also won Notes
1977–78 Scotland Derek Johnstone Rangers SFWA [note 1]
1978–79 Scotland Paul Hegarty Dundee United
1979–80 Scotland Davie Provan Celtic
1980–81 Scotland Mark McGhee Aberdeen
1981–82 Scotland Sandy Clark Airdrieonians
1982–83 Scotland Charlie Nicholas Celtic SFWA
1983–84 Scotland Willie Miller Aberdeen SFWA
1984–85 Scotland Jim Duffy Morton
1985–86 Scotland Richard Gough Dundee United
1986–87 Scotland Brian McClair Celtic SFWA
1987–88 Scotland Paul McStay Celtic SFWA
1988–89 Netherlands Theo Snelders Aberdeen [note 2]
1989–90 Scotland Jim Bett Aberdeen
1990–91 England Paul Elliott Celtic
1991–92 Scotland Ally McCoist Rangers SFWA
1992–93 Scotland Andy Goram Rangers SFWA
1993–94 England Mark Hateley Rangers SFWA
1994–95 Denmark Brian Laudrup Rangers SFWA
1995–96 England Paul Gascoigne Rangers SFWA
1996–97 Italy Paolo Di Canio Celtic
1997–98 Scotland Jackie McNamara Celtic
1998–99 Sweden Henrik Larsson Celtic SFWA
1999–00 Australia Mark Viduka Celtic [note 3]
2000–01 Sweden Henrik Larsson Celtic SFWA [note 4]
2001–02 Italy Lorenzo Amoruso Rangers
2002–03 Scotland Barry Ferguson Rangers SFWA
2003–04 England Chris Sutton Celtic
2004–05 Netherlands Fernando Ricksen (joint winner) Rangers
2004–05 Wales John Hartson (joint winner) Celtic SFWA
2005–06 Scotland Shaun Maloney Celtic SYPY [note 5]
2006–07 Japan Shunsuke Nakamura Celtic SFWA
2007–08 Republic of Ireland Aiden McGeady Celtic SYPY [11]
2008–09 Scotland Scott Brown Celtic [12]
2009–10 Northern Ireland Steven Davis Rangers [13]
2010–11 Honduras Emilio Izaguirre Celtic SFWA [14]
2011–12 Scotland Charlie Mulgrew Celtic SFWA [15]
2012–13 England Michael Higdon Motherwell [16]
2013–14 Scotland Kris Commons Celtic SFWA [17]
2014–15 Norway Stefan Johansen Celtic [18]

Breakdown of winners

Winners by country

Country Number of wins Winning seasons
Scotland Scotland
20
 1977–78, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1989–90, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1997–98, 2002–03, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2011–12, 2013–14
England England
5
 1990–91, 1993–94, 1995–96, 2003–04, 2012–13
Netherlands Netherlands
2
 1988–89, 2004–05 (shared)
Italy Italy
2
 1996–97, 2001–02
Sweden Sweden
2
 1998–99, 2000–01
Norway Norway
1
 2014–15
Honduras Honduras
1
 2010–11
Northern Ireland Northern Ireland
1
 2009–10
Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland
1
 2007–08
Japan Japan
1
 2006–07
Wales Wales
1
 2004–05 (shared)
Australia Australia
1
 1999–00
Denmark Denmark
1
 1994–95

Winners by club

Club Number of wins Winning seasons
Celtic
20
 1979–80, 1982–83, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1990–91, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2003–04, 2004–05 (shared), 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2013–14, 2014–15
Rangers
10
 1977–78, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2004–05 (shared), 2009–10
Aberdeen
4
 1980–81, 1983–84, 1988–89, 1989–90
Dundee United
2
 1978–79, 1985–86
Motherwell
1
 2012–13
Greenock Morton
1
 1984–85
Airdrieonians
1
 1981–82

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ First player to win SPFA and SFWA awards in the same season.
  2. ↑ First winner of the award from outside the United Kingdom.
  3. ↑ First winner of the award from outside Europe.
  4. ↑ First two-time winner of the award.
  5. ↑ First player to win both SPFA awards in the same season.

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